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WASHINGTON, March 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ As a result of the efforts of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) for the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM), in coordination with the Miami-Dade State Attorney s Office, a Florida business owner was sentenced to 36 months probation and ordered to pay over $140,000 for his role in a scheme to defraud EXIM.
On or about April 28, 2016, Romel Ramon Duran-Martinez (Duran), 59, owner of Miami-based Deoca Manufacturing Co. (Deoca), falsely certified that the buyer in an EXIM-insured transaction failed to make payment on a sale to Deoca. At the time, Duran was aware that his business (Deoca) had already received payment in full from the foreign buyer. Duran s actions caused EXIM s Enhanced Assignee (a Miami-based commercial lender) to file a fraudulent claim against Deoca s EXIM insurance policy after the default, improperly releasing Duran and Deoca from its obligation to repay the
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Man Sentenced for Role in Scheme to Defraud the Export-Import Bank of the United States
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